The table below shows data for the field Are referendum results binding? , which is part of our database Direct Democracy. The countries shown can be limited by region and by field value.
Another way people rationalize the status quo is through the use of stereotypes. When people perceive threats to the predominant system, they are more inclined to cling to and back the existing structure, and one way of doing so is by means of endorsing stereotypes that rationalize inequality.
Status quo means the norm, the current state of affairs. So to challenge the status quo means to do something unexpected, out of the norm. To go against the grain.ocial status is bascially how much power you have. if you had a high social status, then you were very powerful. Social status is alike the high school popularity program. â¦ If you were popular, you were high up in the social status. If you were a loner, you were probably on the bottom.